Vandersteen Treo CT

@stevenyc  In your room, where would you say the front and back planes of the soundstage lie w.r.t. the plane of the drivers in the speakers.

My non-CT Treo's seem to have a soundstage starting at the speaker and going to the rear wall behind them.
My listening spot is almost in front of the left speaker, but I still get a full soundstage.

B

I have 5A's...the finish is called Kowazinga....gorgeous.  A furniture repairman that was here fixing a scratch in a table said that the finish on the speakers was masterful.  Vandersteen gets along very well with Audioquest (the cable used in Richard's speakers) The better the electonics, the better the sound out of the speakers

I'm so sorry that I'm late to the party. lol.  Former Treo owner and now Quatro owner.  Someone awesome purchased my Cherry Treo's.  I LOVED them....Happy with the Quatro's in my set up, but those Treo's are amazing and the CT version is very very special.

I have mine painted Audi Havana Black. If someone can afford the upgrade, man are they worth it.  They will paint them any auto color you can think of.  I work with wood and have done plenty of veneer work.  It's not easy and Vandersteen does as good a job as anyone.  Please keep us posted.  I too LOVE the Zebra wood as well as String's Kowazinga.  I also love Wenge (a bear to work with, but so pretty).

I use the Ayre AX5/20 and used that as well as the AX7e with the Treo's. The special thing about the Tree is that they scale better than anyting I've heard in that price range.  Any zero feedback amp will usually sound best as Johnny has told you.  Even those Quicksilver amps are crazy good with the AQ cables.  

If you can ever afford the Mimas integrated, GO FOR IT!!!!  You won't ever look back and you can get the DAC built in.  Jim White knows what he's doing.  If I was putting a system together from scratch, I'd pair the Treo with the Mimas/DAC.  Then I'd get the small Innuos server using Roon and hook that up with any DBS AQ balanced interconnect and a bi wired AQ speaker cable.

That system isn't too much money for all you get and it's crazy musical and fun.  

Funny as I just realized I sold my system to Bob and Jim, lol...  I love you guys.

Ctsooner isn't kidding about the cabinetry of Vandy speakers, and, I can vouch for his wood working abilities, too.

I just got an Ayre KX-R (non Twenty) and wanted to say how great it sounds. It is replacing an AtmaSphere MP-3 for the time being.
I am running it to my Atma MA-1's to my Treo's. Once, I get a feel for the sound, I will switch to the MX-R's for comparison.
To my ears, Ayre truly compliments Vandy speakers. And, as Ctsooner said, Zero Feedback amps seem to be a good match.
Bob